In what can be considered as an achievement for the Indian disability sector, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled against its own employment policy and allowed a 100 percent visually impaired person to appear for a screening test for the post of civil judge and write the exam with the help of an assistant.
R.Varahalaswami, a 28 year old visually impaired advocate from Guntur applied for the post of a civil judge in the High Court in June. But the judicial authorities rejected his application on June 16 saying that he has hundred per cent visual impairment and hence cannot be considered for the post.
He then approached the High Court challenging the rejection of his application. A division bench comprising of Justice Ghulam Mohammed and Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar said that the Registrar of the High Court did not conform to the provisions of the Disability Act, 1995 which provides for 3 percent reservation for people with disability, of which one percent is reserved for persons with visual impairment. Moreover, the Registrar General in his notification did not prescribe any disqualification to 100 percent visually impaired applicants.
The bench directed the Registrar General to allow R. Varahalaswami to appear for the screening test and provide an assistant to help him during the examination.
It may be mentioned that in June this year, the Madras High Court had appointed a visually impaired person as a judge in the Munsif Court.
R.Varahalaswami, a 28 year old visually impaired advocate from Guntur applied for the post of a civil judge in the High Court in June. But the judicial authorities rejected his application on June 16 saying that he has hundred per cent visual impairment and hence cannot be considered for the post.
He then approached the High Court challenging the rejection of his application. A division bench comprising of Justice Ghulam Mohammed and Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar said that the Registrar of the High Court did not conform to the provisions of the Disability Act, 1995 which provides for 3 percent reservation for people with disability, of which one percent is reserved for persons with visual impairment. Moreover, the Registrar General in his notification did not prescribe any disqualification to 100 percent visually impaired applicants.
The bench directed the Registrar General to allow R. Varahalaswami to appear for the screening test and provide an assistant to help him during the examination.
It may be mentioned that in June this year, the Madras High Court had appointed a visually impaired person as a judge in the Munsif Court.
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